WoRMS taxon details

Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857

342218  (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:342218)

accepted
Species
Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup, 1860 · unaccepted (junior subjective synonym)
Architeuthis princeps A. E. Verrill, 1875 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Architeuthis verrilli T. W. Kirk, 1882 · unaccepted (junior synonym)
Dinoteuthis proboscideus More, 1875 · unaccepted (synonym)
Dubioteuthis physeteris Joubin, 1900 · unaccepted (synonym)
Loligo hartingii A. E. Verrill, 1875 · unaccepted (synonym)
Megaloteuthis harveyi Kent, 1874 · unaccepted (synonym)
Mouchezis sanctipauli Vélain, 1877 · unaccepted (synonym)
Plectoteuthis grandis R. Owen, 1881 · unaccepted > junior subjective synonym
Steenstrupia stockii T. W. Kirk, 1882 · unaccepted (synonym)
marine, fresh, terrestrial
Steenstrup, J. (1857). Oplysninger om Atlanterhavets colossale Blaeksprutter. <em>Forhandlinger ved de Skandinaviske Naturforskeres.</em> 7 (1856): 182-185., available online at http://books.google.dk/books?id=qzo4AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA182
page(s): 183 [details] OpenAccess publication
Holotype  ZMB 34798, geounit Atlantic Ocean  
Holotype ZMB 34798, geounit Atlantic Ocean [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2024). MolluscaBase. Architeuthis dux Steenstrup, 1857. Accessed through: World Register of Marine Species at: https://www.marinespecies.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=342218 on 2024-12-12
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2008-03-27 18:55:09Z
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2011-05-29 15:51:48Z
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original description Steenstrup, J. (1857). Oplysninger om Atlanterhavets colossale Blaeksprutter. <em>Forhandlinger ved de Skandinaviske Naturforskeres.</em> 7 (1856): 182-185., available online at http://books.google.dk/books?id=qzo4AAAAcAAJ&pg=PA182
page(s): 183 [details] OpenAccess publication

original description (of Megateuthus martensii Hilgendorf, 1880) Hilgendorf, F. (1880). Uber Megatheutus martensii g. n., sp. n., einen riesigen Tintenfisch aus Japan. <em>Sitzungs-Berichte der Gesellschaft naturforschender Freunde zu Berlin.</em> Sitzung vom 20. April 1880: 65-67., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/8807293 [details] 

original description (of Plectoteuthis grandis R. Owen, 1881) Owen, R. (1881). Descriptions of some new and rare Cephalopoda (Part II). <em>Transactions of the Zoological Society of London.</em> 11(5): 131-170., available online at http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/part/69803
page(s): 156 [details] 

original description (of Steenstrupia stockii T. W. Kirk, 1882) Kirk, T. W. (1882). Description of new Cephalopoda. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 14: 283–286., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34671732
page(s): 286 [details] 

original description (of Architeuthis verrilli T. W. Kirk, 1882) Kirk, T. W. (1882). Description of new Cephalopoda. <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 14: 283–286., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/34671732
page(s): 284 [details] 

original description (of Architeuthis princeps A. E. Verrill, 1875) Verrill A.E. (1875). The colossal cephalopods of the North Atlantic. <i>American Naturalist 9(1)</i>: 21-36; 9(2)
page(s): 79 [details] 

original description (of Architeuthis nawaji Cadenat, 1935) Cadenat J. (1935). Note sur la premiere capture dans le Golfe de Gascogne du cÈphalopode geant, <i>Architeuthis nawaji</i>. <i>Compte-Rendu de l'Association Francaise pour l'Avancement des Sciences 59</i>: 513. [details] 

original description (of Architeuthis monachus Steenstrup, 1860) Harting P. (1860). Description de quelques fragments de deux cephalopodes gigantesques. <em>Verhandelingen der Koninklijke Akademie van Wetenschappen, Amsterdam.</em> 9(1)[1861]: 1-16, pl. 1-3 [issued separately, 1860]., available online at http://biodiversitylibrary.org/page/39289590 [details] 

original description (of Architeuthis kirkii C. W. Robson, 1887) Robson, C.W. (1887). On a new species of giant cuttlefish, stranded at Cape Campbell, June 30th., 1886 (Architeuthis kirki). <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 19: 155–157.
page(s): 155 [details] 

original description (of Architeuthis longimanus T. W. Kirk, 1888) Kirk, T.W. (1888). Brief description of a new species of large decapod (Architeuthis longimanus). <em>Transactions of the New Zealand Institute.</em> 20: 34–39. [details] 

original description (of Architeuthis clarkei G. C. Robson, 1933) Robson G.C. (1933). On <i>Architeuthis clarkei</i>, a new species of giant squid, with observations on the genus.. <i>Proceedings of the Zoological Society of London 1933(3)</i>: 681-697, 8 figures, 1 plate.
page(s): 682; pl 1 [details] 

original description (of Loligo hartingii A. E. Verrill, 1875) Verrill A.E. (1875). The colossal cephalopods of the North Atlantic. <i>American Naturalist 9(1)</i>: 21-36; 9(2)
page(s): 86 [details] 

taxonomy source Winkelmann I., Campos P.F., Strugnell J., Cherel Y., Smith P.J., Kubodera T., Allcock L., Kampmann M.-L., Schroeder H., Guerra A., Norman M., Finn J., Ingrao D., Clarke M. & Gilbert T.P. (2013) Mitochondrial genome diversity and population structure of the giant squid <i>Architeuthis</i>: genetics sheds new light on one of the most enigmatic marine species. <i>Proceedings of the Royal Society, B</i> 280: 20130273., available online at https://doi.org/10.1098/rspb.2013.0273 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

context source (Deepsea) Intergovernmental Oceanographic Commission (IOC) of UNESCO. The Ocean Biogeographic Information System (OBIS), available online at http://www.iobis.org/ [details] 

additional source Roper, C.F.E. & Jereb, P. (2010). Family Architeuthidae. <i>In</i> P. Jereb & C.F.E. Roper, eds. <i>Cephalopods of the world. An annotated and illustrated catalogue of species known to date. Volume 2. Myopsid and Oegopsid Squids</i>. FAO Species Catalogue for Fishery Purposes. No. 4, Vol. 2. Rome, FAO. <em>pp. 121-123.</em> , available online at http://www.fao.org/docrep/014/i1920e/i1920e.pdf
page(s): 122 [details] 

additional source Blake, J. H. (1909). A giant squid. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 23(3): 43-44., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5314608
page(s): No formal identification [details] 

additional source Blake, J. H. (1909). Suckers from the big squid. <em>The Nautilus.</em> 23(6): 83., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/5314627 [details] 

additional source Marshall, B. A. (1996). Molluscan name-bearing types in the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa. <em>Tuhinga: Records of the Museum of New Zealand Te Papa Tongarewa.</em> 9: 1-85., available online at https://collections.tepapa.govt.nz/document/3382 [details] Available for editors  PDF available [request]

additional source Spencer, H.G., Marshall, B.A. & Willan, R.C. (2009). Checklist of New Zealand living Mollusca. Pp 196-219. <em>in: Gordon, D.P. (ed.) New Zealand inventory of biodiversity. Volume one. Kingdom Animalia: Radiata, Lophotrochozoa, Deuterostomia.</em> Canterbury University Press, Christchurch. [details] 

additional source Judkins, H. L., M. Vecchione, and C. F. E. Roper. 2009. Cephalopoda (Mollusca) of the Gulf of Mexico, Pp. 701–709 in Felder, D.L. and D.K. Camp (eds.), Gulf of Mexico–Origins, Waters, and Biota. Biodiversity. Texas A&M Press, College Station, Texas. [details] 

identification resource Lu, C.C. & Chung, W.S. (2017). <em>Guide to the cephalopods of Taiwan</em>. National Museum of Natural Science, Taichung, Taiwan, 560 pp. ISBN 978-986-05-2569-4.
page(s): 332 [details] 
 
 Present  Present in aphia/obis/gbif/idigbio   Inaccurate  Introduced: alien  Containing type locality 
   

Holotype ZMB 34798, geounit Atlantic Ocean [details]
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LanguageName 
Chinese Dà-Wàng-Yóu  [details]
English Japanese giant squid [from synonym]giant squidgiant oceanic squidAtlantic giant squid  [details]
French calmar géant  [details]
German Japanischer Riesenkalmar [from synonym]Atlantischer Riesenkalmar  [details]
Japanese ダイオウイカ [from synonym]  [details]
Russian Гигантский кальмар  [details]
Swedish jättebläckfiskar  [details]